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Dylan Tusinski
Staff Writer
Dylan Tusinski is an investigative reporter with the Maine Trust for Local News' quick strike team, where his stories largely focus on money, drugs and government accountability. He has written about international drug trafficking rings, Maine's housing crisis, political polarization and much more. He previously worked for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville from 2023 to 2025. When he's not on the clock, Dylan can often be found at the nearest Grateful Dead cover band show or minor league hockey game.
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Facing steep sewer bill hikes, protesting Vassalboro residents seek to recall sanitary board members
Lee Trahan and Rebecca Goodrich are facing calls to resign from the private company that owns the town’s sewage system as residents brace for their next sewer bills to more than double.
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Vassalboro man arrested on charge of manslaughter in woman’s campfire death
Travis Mitchell, 31, of Vassalboro, was indicted and arrested Thursday in connection with the death of Liza Bragg, 46, who died last year after sustaining fatal burn injuries from a campfire.
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Sheriff: Three arrested, hundreds of plants seized in latest marijuana growing bust at a central Maine residence
Officials said they arrested Huansheng Mai, 75; Yuling Mei, 63; and Yiming Hu, 68. Each was charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana and unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs with more than 500 plants.
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Winslow officials cut paramedic roles amid budget overruns, fears of ‘bare bones’ coverage
Winslow Public Safety Director Leonard Macdaid said many of Winslow’s firefighters have expressed a willingness to become trained paramedics, which could alleviate expense pressure with relying on per-diem paramedics.
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Vassalboro select board considers closing marijuana-growing ‘loophole’
The town’s current ordinance prohibits the cultivation, packaging, and sale of both recreational and medical marijuana, although personal and medical growing operations using less than 1,000 square feet are exempt from the rules.
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Winslow fire lieutenant accused of stealing more than $12,000 from firefighters association
Shawn Stetson, 34, of Fairfield was arrested for allegedly having withdrawn more than $12,000 in cash from various accounts associated with the Winslow Firefighters Association, officials said Monday.
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Court files reveal new details of ‘complex’ large-scale illegal marijuana grows at central Maine residences
After five people were arrested at a triad of houses in the towns of China and Belgrade, details are emerging such as fake marijuana license cards and expensive Armani jackets.
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Waterville murder suspect released from hospital, handed over to police custody
Spridal Hubiak, 20, of Waterville, who is accused of killing 52-year-old Angela Bragg, was moved to a jail in Missouri after leading police in Arkansas on a car chase that culminated in an officer-involved shooting.
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Courthouses in Augusta, Portland reopen after bomb threats prompt evacuations
The threats came a day after Maine’s State House and several others across the country were targeted with hoax bomb threats that authorities say were sent by the same group, highlighting what legislative leaders say is a “concerning and unacceptable trend.”